| Issue |
A&A
Volume 474, Number 2, November I 2007
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 679 - 687 | |
| Section | Astronomical instrumentation | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077811 | |
| Published online | 04 September 2007 | |
The On The Fly imaging technique
1
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA e-mail: jmangum@nrao.edu
2
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 949 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA e-mail: demerson@nrao.edu
3
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, PO Box O, 1003 Lopezville Road, Socorro, NM 87801, USA e-mail: egreisen@nrao.edu
Received:
8
May
2007
Accepted:
31
August
2007
Aims.The On-The-Fly (OTF) imaging technique enables single-dish radio telescopes to construct images of small areas of the sky with greater efficiency and accuracy.
Methods.This paper describes the practical application of the OTF imaging technique. By way of example the implementation of the OTF imaging technique at the NRAO 12 Meter Telescope is described.
Results.Specific requirements for data sampling, image formation, and Doppler correction are discussed.
Key words: telescopes / methods: observational / radio continuum: general / radio lines: general
© ESO, 2007
Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.
Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.
Initial download of the metrics may take a while.